55th AUCTION - Day 2

China - post marks: 1897 (Jan 15) 10pf postal stationery card with paid reply (w

China - post marks

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1897 (Jan 15) 10pf postal stationery card with paid reply (without text) to Neustettin, bearing blue "CUSTOMS/TIENTSIN" (15.1) and brown "CUSTOMS/SHANGHAI" (28.1) cds's, cancelled by German "SHANGHAI" cds, with blue "POSTAGE PAID" straight-line h/s adjacent which was into use from 1st January to 20 February 1897. This being a very rare usage of this Chinese postmark denoting postage paid in cash; cert. Steuer (2000).

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Condition: postal stationery
Value Add Taxes (19%) will be added to the hammer price and the buyers premium.